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9.7
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9.7 |
Paste Magazine
The Kentucky-born, Nashville-bred, and Paris-based country messenger’s first LP under his new name isn't a comeback — it’s a recalibration firing on all cylinders. The album’s only imperfection is that it ends
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8.5
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8.5 |
Pitchfork
Sturgill Simpson’s outstanding album under a new stage name expertly balances cosmic and outlaw country and reintroduces himself as the premier Nashville outsider
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8.0
138266
8.0 |
Rolling Stone
With a songwriter’s generosity, he’s made an album steeped in the feelings and questions we drown in at our most despondent. It’s a heavy record, but not a slog, a testament to Simpson’s immense talents
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8.0
138267
8.0 |
Slant Magazine
In the end, the album’s serenity belies an intense human longing
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8.0
138268
8.0 |
Mojo
Escape and new beginnings are constant themes in these eight mostly superb songs, but his old preoccupations keep yanking him back onto familiar turf. Print edition only
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8.0
138280
8.0 |
Sputnik Music (staff)
While Johnny Blue Skies may not boast the adventurous songwriting of Sturgill Simpson’s most daring epics, there’s something about Passage that is honest and comforting
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8.0
138307
8.0 |
Beats Per Minute
Over eight songs and 41 minutes, he forges sublime and heartfelt work, evoking the epic poles of experience: loneliness and belonging, forlornness and gratitude, faith and doubt
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8.0
138328
8.0 |
The Observer
Misfit American country singer-songwriter Sturgill Simpson adopts an ironic pseudonym for this deeply emotional mix of honky-tonk and bluesy guitar
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